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SUNY OER Summit 2024
Open Educational Resources: Supporting Faculty, Empowering Students

Virtual, October 16-17, 2024
Cost of attendance: Free

This summit aims to bring together practitioners from SUNY and beyond to explore innovative approaches, successful case studies, and emerging trends, and to promote community and collaboration around OER.
We invite you to participate in this exciting event and share your expertise by submitting a proposal for a presentation, interactive demo/discussion, or lightning presentation. This is a unique opportunity for you to showcase your work, insights, and experiences related to OER and make a valuable contribution to the summit.

We welcome proposals on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

OER Implementation, Adoption and Assessment
Impact of OER and Affordable Learning Initiatives
OER Institutional Support and Sustainability
Open Education and Open Pedagogy
Future Directions and Challenges

Deadline for submission: July 31, 2024
To submit your proposal and view additional information, please visit the conference website at https://sunycpd.eventsair.com/soer24
Registration will open in September.

Questions? Contact Cori Wilhelm at Cori.Wilhelm@suny.edu For registration questions, please contact Meghan Martin at Meghan.Martin@suny.edu.

Supported by SUNY Center for Professional Development, cpd.suny.edu | cpdinfo@suny.edu and SUNY OER Services, oer.suny.edu | oer@suny.edu

Via SPARC OE Forum 5/29/2024

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SUNY OER Summit 2024

SUNY OER Summit 2024Open Educational Resources: Supporting Faculty, Empowering Students

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SUNY OER Summit 2024
Open Educational Resources: Supporting Faculty, Empowering Students